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One moment nineteen-year-old Roley Rolandson was happily delivering Christmas packages along his mail route-the next, he was in the hospital virtually helpless and unable to see. all Roley could remember was a dog hitting him from behind, a blinding flash, then nothing... — Faced with permanent blindness, Roley rejects everthing and everyone who ... more »might help him- until two young friends, Susan and Steven, do break through some of Roley's resentment and persuade him to apply for a guide dog.

Roley enters a Training Center where he is given Mick, a golden Labrador retriever, the pick of the lot. but the struggle has only begun. For Roley rejects Mick form the beginning even though she constantly tries to win his respect and affection.

Dorothy Clewes tells the dramatic story of a boy's struggle to come to terms with life and to face the future with determined hope. The story is tense and moving, told with real insight into a tragic human problem lived out with courage.« less